·AB285 - Authorizes any person who is a taxpayer in this State to petition a court of competent jurisdiction for a writ of mandamus or prohibition for a violation of certain statutory requirements relating to various actions and the awarding of a contract concerning public works; and requires the performance of any contract relating to the underlying subject of the writ to be stayed until such time as the court renders a decision on the writ.

·AB363 - Adds abandoned, unregistered, inoperable or junk vehicles to the list of debris and rubbish that constitutes a public nuisance for the purposes of an ordinance adopted by a board of county commissioners; provides that such an ordinance may authorize the county to request the operator of a tow car to abate a public nuisance by towing an abandoned, inoperable, unregistered or junk vehicle if certain conditions relating to notice and the opportunity for a hearing are satisfied; adds vehicles that are unregistered or inoperable to the list of debris and rubbish that constitutes a condition for the purposes of an ordinance adopted by the governing body of a city, and provides that such an ordinance may authorize the city to request the operator of a tow car to abate a condition by towing an abandoned, inoperable, unregistered or junk vehicle if certain conditions relating to notice and the opportunity for a hearing are satisfied; provides that the operator of a tow car who is requested by a county or city to tow a vehicle to abate a public nuisance or condition must comply with those provision; provides that the registered owner of a vehicle towed pursuant to a request by a county or a city to abate a public nuisance or condition is responsible for the cost of removal and storage of the vehicle, unless the owner can show that he or she no longer owns the vehicle or that the vehicle was stolen. If the registered owner of the vehicle makes such a showing, the owner of the property from which the car was towed is responsible for the cost of removal and storage of the vehicle.

·AB417 - Requires the legislative body of a community to create a revolving loan account administered by the redevelopment agency in which, money may only be used by the agency to make loans at or below market rate to new or existing small businesses in the redevelopment area; defines a “small business” as a business that employs not more than 25 persons; sets forth certain requirements for the making of loans from the revolving loan account and provides that the term of a loan of money from the revolving loan account must be 3 years or less; requires each redevelopment agency to adopt regulations prescribing: (1) the annual deadline for submission of an application for a loan from the revolving loan account; (2) the criteria for eligibility for a loan; (3) the contents of an application for a loan; (4) the maximum amount of a loan which may be made from the revolving loan account; and (5) the rate of interest for loans made from the revolving loan account. Section 6 requires each redevelopment agency to make certain annual reports to the Legislature concerning loans of money from the revolving loan account.

·AB418 - Revises the formula on any county whose population is 100,000 or more (currently Clark and Washoe Counties) for distributing the proceeds of the 5-cent property tax on all taxable property among the county and the cities and towns in the county.

·AB143 - Authorizes the sheriff of a county to provide to persons who hold permits to carry concealed firearms information concerning instructors and organizations that offer courses in firearm safety which focus on issues relating to firearm safety in an educational environment; authorize a person who holds a permit to carry a concealed firearm to carry a concealed firearm while on the property of the Nevada System of Higher Education unless the person is attending an event held at a sporting venue with a seating capacity of 1,000 or more; and authorizes the Police Department for the System to provide to persons who hold permits to carry concealed firearms information concerning instructors and organizations that offer courses in firearm safety which focus on issues relating to firearm safety in an educational environment.

·AB195 - Provides that any person who possesses a valid permit to carry a concealed weapon that was issued on or before June 30, 2011, and who has not since renewed the permit may submit an application to renew the permit at any time before the permit expires; and provides that the amendatory provisions of this bill expire by limitation on June 30, 2016.

·AB234 - Requires a private person to conduct such a background check before transferring a firearm to another person, unless the person to whom the firearm is transferred holds a permit to carry a concealed firearm; prohibits a private person from transferring a firearm until the private person receives notice from the Central Repository of Nevada Records of Criminal History that transfer of the firearm will not violate state or federal law or, if the Central Repository does not send such notice, 3 business days from the date on which a request was made to the Central Repository for the background check; provides immunity from civil liability to a private person who transfers a firearm to another person after conducting a background check as required by this section; authorizes a civil cause of action to be brought against a person who fails to request a background check before transferring a firearm to another person and provides for the recovery of any punitive damages warranted by the facts; makes possession of any metal-penetrating bullet capable of being fired from a handgun a gross misdemeanor; repeals existing law that makes it a misdemeanor to discharge any bullet, projectile or ammunition of any kind which is trace or incendiary in nature in certain area; makes it a gross misdemeanor to possess any such bullet, projectile or ammunition which is tracer or incendiary in nature; imposes an excise tax on each firearms dealer who sells firearms or ammunition to consumers in this State; The amount of the tax, which may be collected from the consumer, is $25 for each firearm and 2 cents for each round of ammunition sold. Section 10 of this bill directs 50 percent of all proceeds from the excise tax to be apportioned to the Fund for Treatment of Persons with Mental Illness, established in section 31 of this bill to be used for the treatment of persons with mental illness, and 50 percent apportioned to the Fund for the Compensation of Victims of Crime; and provides for the administration, collection and enforcement of the tax by the Department of Taxation in a manner similar to other state taxes.

·AB463 - Provides that a state agency may pay a claim for payroll expenses incurred in the previous fiscal year from the appropriate budget account in the current fiscal year; authorizes a person designated by the Clerk of the State Board of Examiners to perform certain duties of the Clerk.

·AB481 - Requires the Division of State Library and Archives of the Department of Administration to provide digital imaging services to local governments on the same terms; allows the Department to charge for digital imaging services but the charge must not exceed the cost to provide the service; provides that any money received by the Division for providing such services and any interest or income on the money: (1) must be accounted for separately in the State General Fund; (2) does not revert to the State General Fund at the end of any fiscal year; (3) must be carried forward to the next fiscal year; and (4) must be used exclusively for the repair or replacement of the equipment used by the Division to provide microfilming and digital imaging services.

·SB105 - Enacts the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act to provide for the authentication, preservation and security of an electronic record of those legal materials which is designated as official and which is first published electronically on or after January 1, 2014.

·SB270 Makes an appropriation of $500,000 from the State General Fund to the Fund for Aviation for the enlargement, improvement or maintenance of rural airports, landing areas or air navigation facilities in Nevada; provides that any remaining balance in the Fund for Aviation be reverted to the State General Fund by September 18, 2015.

·SB271 - Makes an appropriation from the State General Fund to the Humboldt River Basin Water Authority for the cloud seeding activities in the Ruby Mountain Range in the amount of $270,000 for the year 2013-2014 and $270,000 for the year 2014-2015; provides that any remaining balance in the Humboldt River Basin Water Authority be reverted to the State General Fund by September 18, 2015.

·SB460 - Makes a supplemental appropriation to the Commission on Judicial Discipline in the amount of $58,293 for the costs of one-time leave payouts resulting from the unanticipated retirement of the General Counsel and Executive Director of the Commission.

·SB224 - Requires a court to impose a fee of $500, in addition to any other administrative assessment, penalty or fine imposed, if a person pleads guilty, guilty but mentally ill or nolo contendere to, or is found guilty of, a charge of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance that is punishable as a misdemeanor or a lesser included offense; and deposits the money collected with the State Controller for credit to a special account in the State General Fund administered by the Office of Court Administrator and money apportioned to a court from this fee must be used by the court for certain purposes related to specialty court programs.

·SB347 - Requires the Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice to add (1): a survey of the parole systems of this State and other states and territories of the United States, (2): a review of states that replaced discretionary parole systems with mandatory parole systems, and (3):a review of any other matter that the Advisory Commission determines is relevant to the discussion in its study on the elements of this State's system of criminal justice.

·SB394 - Expires the pilot program enacted in 2011 and maintained by the Department of Corrections to provide treatment to certain probation violators on June 30, 2013; makes the provisions of this bill effective on July 1, 2013 by reenacting the pilot program as a requirement for the Department of Corrections to establish intermediate sanctions facilities and adds some requirements not previously included in the pilot program; adds the requirement for the Department to ensure that the facilities are available in the northern and southern regions of the State and specifies the total minimum capacity for the facilities; adds dental services to the services which must be available to persons placed in the intermediate sanction facilities; adds the requirement for the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services to provide for the evaluation of probation violators and offenders referred to the Department by the court and authorizes the Director to enter into contracts with qualified persons or entities to provide such evaluations and treatment; expands the persons eligible for placement in an intermediate sanction facility; requires persons placed in an intermediate sanction facility to remain in the facility instead of allowing persons to reside outside the facility and to leave for various purposes; makes assignment to an intermediate sanction facility a civil commitment and specifies that placement in an intermediate sanction facility is not a right; allows the court to defer sentencing of a probation violator or offender who is placed in an intermediate sanction facility and, upon successful completion of the treatment, to set aside the conviction or the court may first require a period of probation and then set aside the conviction; allows the court to execute the sentence if treatment is not completed; allows the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services to cause the court to determine whether to terminate treatment if a person in a facility is not benefitting from treatment; makes an appropriation of $1,000,000 for the year 2013-2014 and another $1,000,000 for the year 2014-2015 to the Department of Health and Human Services to pay for the evaluation and treatment of probation violators and offenders; and makes the provisions of this bill effective through June 30, 2017.

·SB416 - Clarifies that a restricted gaming license means a state gaming license for the operation of not more than 15 slot machines and which does not include a race book or sports pool; provides that, in a county whose population is 100,000 or more (currently Clark and Washoe Counties), a restricted license may only be granted at certain establishments if the establishment contains: (1) a minimum of 2,500 square feet of space available for patrons; (2) a permanent, physical bar; and (3) a restaurant which meets certain requirements; provides that a separate license is required for each location of a race book or sports pool, and further provides that certain activities relating to the acceptance and payment of wagers and transactions in person or through mechanical means, such as a kiosk or similar device, are considered within the operation of a race book or sports pool; clarifies that the exception to the single license at one establishment only applies to those non-restricted licenses at an establishment with 16 or more slot machines or at an establishment with any number of slot machines together with any other game, gaming device, race book or sports pool; provides that the provisions of this bill prohibiting the granting of restricted licenses, unless the establishment meets certain criteria, apply prospectively to new restricted licenses issued on or after July 1, 2013; provides that certain establishments, which were granted a restricted license before July 1, 2013, must comply with the requirement to contain a permanent bar with a certain number of slot machines embedded in the bar upon the earlier of: (1) a change in ownership of the business or the transfer of 50 percent or more of the stock or other ownership interest; or (2) July 1, 2015; Establishments which were granted a gaming license before December 22, 1990, and which have been operating at the same location since that date, are not required to comply with the requirement associated with a permanent bar; and provides that an establishment that was granted a restricted gaming license before July 1, 2013, does not need to occupy at least 2,500 square feet or have a restaurant unless the establishment ceases operation for 18 or more consecutive months.

·SB418 - Revises the definition of “pari-mutuel system of wagering” to include acceptance of wagers on federal elections; revises definition of above term to include wagers with respect to the outcome of a federal election being placed in such a wagering pool; requires a person to procure and maintain all required federal, state, county and municipal licenses before operating, carrying on, conducting or maintaining in this State any form of wagering under the pari-mutuel system on any federal election; authorizes the Commission to adopt certain regulations relating to pari-mutuel wagering on a federal election; provides that the total commission deducted from off-track pari-mutuel wagering must be determined by the Commission and may be divided between the persons licensed or approved to participate in the conduct of the federal election or the pari-mutuel system of wagering thereon; requires the Commission to adopt regulations which authorize the acceptance of wagers on federal elections; and specifies that existing provisions that a person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if he or she makes, offers or accepts any bet or wager upon the: (1) result of any election; (2) success or failure of any person or candidate; (3) number of votes to be cast, either in the aggregate or for any particular candidate; or (4) vote to be cast by any person do not apply to a person who places a pari-mutuel wager on a federal election in accordance with the provisions of law governing pari-mutuel wagering.

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·SB75 - Provides that a person who suffers injuries as a result of an addiction to a prescription drug may bring a civil action against: (1) the manufacturer of the prescription drug; and (2) the provider of medical care who prescribed the prescription drug, if the provider of medical care knew or should have known of the person's addiction to the prescription drug.

·SB140 - Allows for the attachment of a lien to client files and other property for attorney's fees under certain circumstances in civil cases.

·SB365 - Provides that a person commits the crime of stolen valor and is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if the person knowingly, with the intent to obtain money, property or another tangible benefit: (1) fraudulently represents himself or herself to be a recipient of certain military decorations or medals; and (2) obtains money, property or another tangible benefit through such fraudulent representation.

·SB419 - Authorizes certain notaries public to perform a marriage after obtaining a certificate of permission to perform marriages from a county clerk; requires: (1) a temporary replacement to pay to the county clerk in the county in which he or she will perform marriages an application fee of $25; and (2) a person applying for authorization to perform a specific marriage to pay to the county clerk in the county in which the marriage will be performed an application fee of $25; sets forth the requirements for an application for a certificate of permission to perform marriages if the applicant is a notary public; requires all applicants for a certificate of permission to pay to the county clerk an application fee of $25; provides for the (1) inclusion of notaries public who obtain a certificate of permission to perform marriages in the statewide database of certain persons authorized to perform marriages which is maintained by the Secretary of State under existing law; and (2) provides for the expiration and revocation of the certificate of permission to perform marriages issued to a notary public; increases from $45 to $70 the fee charged by the commissioner of civil marriages or a deputy commissioner for the solemnization of a marriage; increases from $50 to $75 the fee which a justice of the peace shall charge for performing a marriage; authorizes a notary public to collect a fee of not more than $75 for performing a marriage ceremony.

·SB420 - Specifies that a prosecuting attorney or an attorney for a defendant may issue subpoenas for such witnesses to appear before the court at which a preliminary hearing is to be held; provides that a person who fails to obey a subpoena of an attorney for a defendant is also in contempt of court; and specifies that a person who fails to obey a subpoena of a prosecuting attorney or an attorney for a defendant is in contempt of the court in which a preliminary hearing is to be held.

·SB423 - Requires the Director of the Department of Corrections to provide a photo identification card, including the name, date of birth and a color photograph of the offender, to an offender upon his or her release if the offender requests such identification and is eligible to acquire a driver's license or identification card.

·SB262 - Prohibits a person from operating a motor vehicle to which is attached a dynamic display device, commonly known as a mobile billboard, on which the images or other content change periodically, upon the highways of this State, unless the motor vehicle is also equipped with a display management system that is programmed to allow the image or content that is displayed to be changed only when the motor vehicle is: (1) not moving; or (2) in a location where the image or content may be changed without causing undue distraction to the operators of other vehicles; provides that a violation of this prohibition is punishable as a misdemeanor.

·SB303 - Sets forth requirements for applications for driving privilege cards and alternative requirements for applications for instruction permits; establishes the information that must be included in such applications, including, without limitation, documents that must be submitted to prove the applicant's name, age, residence in this State and social security number or individual taxpayer identification number; allows an applicant to present various documents, including, without limitation, a birth certificate or passport issued by a foreign government, as proof of his or her name and age; provides that a driving privilege card expires annually on the holder's birthday and may be renewed; requires that a driving privilege card and an instruction permit contain, in addition to the information contained on a driver's license, a clear statement that it may not be accepted for certain federal purposes and contain a unique design element to alert federal personnel to this information; provides that any provision of title 43 of NRS that applies to a driver's license is deemed also to apply to a driving privilege card and an instruction permit; prohibits the Director of the Department from releasing any information from the files and records of the Department relating to legal presence to any person or federal, state or local governmental entity.

·SB432 - Requires taxicab business operators to post a sign in each of its taxicabs notifying passengers of the maximum penalties for committing an assault or battery upon a taxicab driver; provides that the penalties for violating this requirement are the same as the penalties generally applicable to violations of existing law governing the operators of taxicab businesses.

·AB56 - Establishes a specific penalty for the first offense of unlawfully selling a controlled substance to a minor, and that specific penalty is greater than the general penalty set forth in existing law for the first offense of unlawfully selling a controlled substance to another person.

·AB316 - Prohibits a person who receives health care records from a person or governmental entity who is subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 from sharing or otherwise disclosing any information contained in the records in any manner that is not authorized by the Act; and allows a resident of this State who is harmed by any such sharing or disclosure of his or her health care records to bring an action to recover civil damages against the person or governmental entity who provided the health care records to the person who violated this provision.

·AB324 - Provides for the regulation of dental assistants and registered dental assistants by the Board of Dental Examiners of Nevada; provides that a dental assistant or registered dental assistant may perform only the intraoral tasks and dental procedures authorized by the Board and only under the direct supervision of a licensed dentist or dental hygienist; prohibits a person from acting as a dental assistant in this State unless the person provides to the Board certain information relating to his or her qualifications; prohibits a person from acting as a registered dental assistant in this State unless the person holds a certificate of registration as a dental assistant; sets forth the requirements for the issuance by the Board of a certificate of registration as a dental assistant, and provides that a certificate of registration as a dental assistant expires 2 years after the date of issuance and may be renewed biennially; sets forth the continuing education requirements for renewal of a certificate of registration as a dental assistant; requires the Board to adopt regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this bill; and requires the Board to adopt rules or regulations specifying the intraoral tasks and dental procedures which a dental assistant or registered dental assistant may perform.

·AB331 - Provides that after a patient provides certain information to a provider of health care for the purpose of paying any portion of any charge which has been or may be incurred by the patient: (1) the provider of health care is required to immediately return a copy of the information to the patient; and (2) if the provider of health care fails to properly and timely submit any claim for payment of any portion of any charge pursuant to the terms of the health care plan, the provider of health care is prohibited from requesting or requiring certain payments from the patient; limits the applicability of the provisions prohibiting a provider of health care from requesting or requiring certain payments from a patient so that the provider of health care may request or require such payments if the patient causes the claim to be improperly or untimely submitted by the provider of health care; provides that any provision of an agreement between a patient and a provider of health which conflicts with the provisions set forth in that section is void.

·AB354 - Prohibits the manufacturing of certain products which contain Bisphenol A (BPA); prohibits a manufacturer from replacing BPA with certain other substances; requires the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to create a process whereby residents of this State can petition for the addition of a chemical to the list of prohibited replacement substances; requires that food packaging containing BPA be labeled as such; requires a manufacturer to identify on its Internet website the chemical identity of certain substances used in canned food; prohibits a manufacturer, wholesaler or retailer from selling any children's product or residential furniture containing certain prohibited substances; requires manufacturers of products containing such prohibited substances to notify sellers of the products not less than 90 days before the effective date of the restriction of the chemical; provides a civil penalty for a violation of these sections; requires the Health Division of the Department of Health and Human Services to create a list of not less than 50 and not more than 100 chemicals of high concern which are chemicals that have been identified as toxic, carcinogenic or harmful to the human body; and authorizes the Health Division to participate in an interstate clearinghouse to promote the use of safer chemicals in consumer products.

·AB369 - Requires health care plans and policies of insurance to provide coverage, rather than provide an option of coverage, for the screening for and diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders; revises the limitation on coverage for applied behavior analysis from a maximum benefit of $36,000 per year to a maximum benefit of 30 hours of treatment per week unless a treatment plan provides for additional hours of treatment; prohibits an insurer from denying coverage for a treatment on the basis that the treatment is educational in nature; provides that: (1) certain medical procedures are covered for the screening for and diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders; and (2) certain treatments are covered for the treatment of autism spectrum disorders; provides that, if any provision of federal law expressly authorizes coverage for autism spectrum disorders that is more favorable to the insured than the provisions of this bill, a health care plan or policy of health insurance must include such coverage.

·AB426 - Defines a “residential mortgage loan servicer” as a person or institution that directly or indirectly services residential mortgage loans; requires the Commissioner of Mortgage Lending to adopt regulations for their licensure including: (1) the method and form of application for a license; (2) the method and form of the issuance, denial or renewal of a license; (3) the grounds and procedures for the revocation, suspension or nonrenewal of a license; (4) the imposition of reasonable fees for application and licensure; and (5) any provisions necessary to comply with the provisions of the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008; requires a residential mortgage loan servicer to take reasonable steps to ensure that all employees and independent contractors of the residential mortgage loan servicer comply with certain statutory provisions and regulations and further requires a residential mortgage loan servicer to take corrective action when an employee or independent contractor is not in compliance with those statutes and regulations; requires a residential mortgage loan servicer to record the number and nature of certain complaints made about its employees or independent contractors and, if the residential mortgage loan servicer engages in telemarketing activities, to perform random recording and testing of oral representations made by its sales and customer service representatives; prohibits a person who knows or reasonably should know that a residential mortgage loan servicer is in violation of certain statutes or regulations from providing substantial assistance or support to the residential mortgage loan servicer; requires the Legislative Commission to appoint a committee to conduct an interim study concerning the laws of this State relating to the mortgage lending industry. The study must include: (1) consideration of proposals for the separate licensing and regulation by the Division of Mortgage Lending of the Department of Business and Industry of residential mortgage bankers and commercial mortgage bankers and for the licensing and regulation by the Division of private money lenders; (2) a survey of the laws of this State and other states and territories of the United States relating to the licensing and regulation of professions related to the mortgage lending industry; (3) an examination of methods by which other jurisdictions have regulated the mortgage lending industry in a manner consistent with federal law; (4) input from all interested parties; and (5) an examination of any other matter that the committee determines to be relevant to the study.

·AB436 - Requires the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada, when reviewing a plan of water conservation, reviewing a rate application or approving a rate imposed by such a public utility, to consider any information submitted by the public utility which demonstrates the anticipated effects on the recovery of costs by the public utility as a result of implementing a plan of water conservation; requires the Commission to adopt regulations authorizing a public utility which furnishes, for compensation, any water for municipal, industrial or domestic purposes to: (1) recover an amount based on the measurable and verifiable effects of the implementation of a plan of water conservation, which must include any financial disincentives caused or created by the reasonable implementation of the plan of water conservation; and (2) recover, outside of a general rate application, all just and reasonable costs of planning, acquiring or constructing a utility facility which the Commission determines is a prudent investment.

·AB492 - Divests the Credit Union Advisory Council of any authority over the Commissioner of Financial Institutions and instead makes the role of the Council purely advisory, as recommended by the Sunset Subcommittee of the Legislative Commission.

·AB494 - Renames the Nevada State Funeral Board to the Nevada Funeral Advisory Board; makes the Board purely advisory to the Health Division of the Department of Health and Human Services, as recommended by the Sunset Subcommittee of the Legislative Commission; transfers the existing powers and duties of the Board to the Health Division, effective on January 1, 2014.

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·AB11 - Repeals the provision requiring insurers to submit a written report to the Division of Industrial Relations the Department of Business and Industry about certain claims relating to diseases of the heart or lungs and occupational diseases that are infectious or relate to cancer.

·AB39 - Establishes a limit on the number of methamphetamine precursors products containing ephedrine base, pseudoephedrine base, phenylpropanolamine base or the salts, optical isomers or salts of optical isomers of such chemicals that can be sold or transferred to the same person during a 30-day period to 9 grams; requires a pharmacy to use a real-time, stop sale system in the event a customer was suspected of violating the purchase law(s) if the Director of the Department of Public Safety implements same.

·AB206 - Revises the amount of wages volunteer members of a county search and rescue organization are deemed to earn as employees of the county for the purposes of receiving industrial insurance benefits to $2,000 per month.

·AB277 - Authorizes a dental hygienist with a special endorsement to practice public health dental hygiene to perform a variety of services without the approval or supervision of a licensed dentist; and imposes certain responsibilities and duties on a dental hygienist who has a special endorsement of his or her license to practice public health dental hygiene and who owns or operates a program that provides public health dental hygiene.

·SB123 - Establishes the statewide capacity goals for the Solar Energy Systems Incentive Program, the Wind Energy Systems Demonstration Program and the Waterpower Energy Systems Demonstration Program which receive incentives pursuant to these programs and authorizes a utility to file with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada the annual plan required for each of these programs as a single plan; revises provisions governing the incentives for participation in the Solar Program, requires the Commission to review the incentives and authorizes the Commission to adjust the incentives not more frequently than annually; provides that the total amount of the incentive paid to a participant in the Solar Program with a solar energy system with a nameplate capacity of not more than 30 kilowatts must be paid upon proof that the participant has installed and energized the solar energy system, while the amount of the incentive paid to a participant with a solar energy system with a nameplate capacity of more than 30 kilowatts and not more than 500 kilowatts must be paid over time and be based on the performance of the solar energy system and the amount of electricity generated by the solar energy system; requires the Commission to adopt regulations relating to the Wind Program and to establish a system of incentives for participation in the Wind Program; provides that the total amount of the incentive paid to a participant in the Wind Program with a nameplate capacity of not more than 500 kilowatts must be paid over time and be based on the performance and amount of electricity generated by the wind energy system; requires a participant in the Solar Program, Wind Program, and Waterpower Program to participate in net metering; requires the Commission to provide a system of incentives for waterpower energy systems with a nameplate capacity of not more than 500 kilowatts; provides for solar photovoltaic systems to be deemed to have generated or acquired 2.4 kilowatt-hours of electricity from a renewable energy system for each 1.0 kilowatt-hour of actual electricity generated or acquired from a solar photovoltaic system installed on the premises of retail customers; provides that certain information relating to a contract, lease or agreement between a utility and another person for the purchase of power shall be deemed to be proprietary and to constitute a trade secret and prohibits the disclosure of such information except under certain circumstances; requires a person who wishes to obtain a permit for a utility facility to file certain applications with the Commission if a federal agency is required to conduct an environmental analysis of the proposed utility facility; requires such a person to file a notice with the Commission not later than the date on which the person files an application with the appropriate federal agency for approval of the construction of the utility facility; revises provisions governing certain energy-related tax incentives to remove the authority of a board of county commissioners to deny certain applications for partial abatements of taxes for facilities that generate electricity from geothermal energy; requires the Commission to open an investigatory docket to study the feasibility and advisability of establishing a feed-in tariff program for renewable energy systems and to submit a report of its findings from the investigatory docket to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the 78th Session of the Nevada Legislature.

·SB252 - Revises provisions setting forth the amount of electricity which a provider of electric service must generate or acquire from renewable energy systems to comply with the portfolio standard; deleting provisions authorizing a provider of electric service to meet the portfolio standard with savings from the implementation of energy efficiency measures; revising provisions which specify those renewable energy systems which qualify as portfolio energy systems; providing that the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada is required to authorize a provider of electric service to carry forward to subsequent calendar years for the purpose of complying with the portfolio standard for those subsequent calendar years not more than 10 percent of the excess kilowatt-hours of electricity that the provider generates or acquires from portfolio energy systems; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

·SB326 - Requires the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada to authorize a provider to sell any portfolio energy credits attributable to the electricity generated, acquired or saved by the provider that exceeds the amount of electricity necessary to comply with the portfolio standard; provides that revenues received by a provider for such a sale must be credited against the provider's costs for purchased fuel and power; and requires the Commission to conduct a study on the benefits of participation in a regional market for the sale of portfolio energy credits.

·SB329 - Establishes the Account for Clean Energy Loans administered by the Director of the Office of Energy, money from which is to be used only to distribute money to local governments to make loans to qualified borrowers for clean energy improvements to primary residences owned by those qualified borrowers; requires the Director to adopt certain regulations concerning the use of money in the Account and authorizes the Director to adopt any other regulations necessary to carry out sections of this bill; and provides limitations on the use of the money in the Account and authorizes a local government to apply to the Director for a distribution of money from the Account for the purpose of making the loans authorized.

·SB339 - Allows a provider to meet a portfolio standard established by the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada by generating electricity from portfolio energy systems regardless of whether the provider sells such electricity to its retail customers; establishes a cap of 20 percent on the amount of excess kilowatt-hours of electricity that the Commission may authorize a provider to carry forward for the purposes of complying with the portfolio standard in subsequent calendar years beginning in 2014; and reduces to 10 percent the cap on the amount of excess kilowatt-hours of electricity that the Commission may authorize a provider to carry forward for the purposes of complying with the portfolio standard in subsequent calendar years beginning in 2016.

·SB366 - Authorizes certain cooperative associations, non-profit corporations and other suppliers of utility services that is a member of an entity which generates and transmits electricity and which is regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to request to be relieved of its duty to provide electric service to certain customers by filing an application with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada; authorizes a customer to request that such a provider of electric service be relieved of its duty to provide the service and that the customer be authorized to obtain electricity from certain other suppliers; requires the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada to hold a hearing and authorizes the Commission to deny the application if the Commission determines that: (1) harm to a customer or member of the provider of electric service would occur; or (2) no workably competitive market would exist; provides that legal process in any action to recover damages may be served on certain foreign manufacturers, producers and suppliers of energy.

·SB124 - Provides that, unless mutually agreed otherwise by the parties, the fact finder, hearing officer or arbitrator appointed in an employment-related matter must be an attorney in good standing admitted to practice law in the courts of this State.

·SB272 - Provides for the revision of the boundary line between Storey County and Washoe County upon the adoption of resolutions by the Board of County Commissioners of Storey County and the Board of County Commissioners of Washoe County approving the revision.

·SB364 - Authorizes rather than requires a governmental agency to ensure that any personal information contained in a document submitted to that agency before January 1, 2007, is either maintained in a confidential manner or removed from the document; removes the requirement to establish a branch office at which marriage licenses can be issued in an incorporated city whose population is 220,000 or more but less than 500,000 and allows the board to designate, at the request of the county clerk, not more than five branch offices at which marriage licenses may be issued; revises provisions governing certain documents relating to the authority to solemnize marriages; and prohibits any person on county property from soliciting another person to be married by a marriage commissioner or justice of the peace or at a commercial wedding chapel.

·SB370 - Replaces the Register of Administrative Regulations with the Central Repository for Administrative Regulations to be established and maintained by the Legislative Counsel on the official Internet website of the Legislative Counsel Bureau; requires the Central Repository to include certain information regarding permanent, temporary and emergency regulations and further requires the Legislative Counsel to make available the required information as soon as practicable after receiving such information from an agency; requires the Legislative Counsel to return a regulation to the state agency if the information that is required to be included in the Central Repository is not submitted by the agency. The state agency is then required to resubmit the regulation to the Legislative Counsel with the required information and the regulation is deemed submitted on the date of resubmission. Until then, the Legislative Counsel is prohibited from taking any further action with respect to the regulation; requires an agency to submit to the Legislative Counsel an electronic copy of the statement concerning the economic impact that a proposed regulation is likely to have on small business that is prepared by a state agency for inclusion in the Central Repository; requires a state agency to submit to the Legislative Counsel an electronic copy of any emergency regulation or proposed emergency regulation of the agency for inclusion in the Central Repository; requires an agency to submit the notice and agenda of any workshop or public hearing relating to the adoption of a regulation for posting in the Central Repository by the Legislative Counsel at the same time that the agency posts the notice and agenda of the workshop or public hearing; requires the Legislative Counsel to post the notice and agenda received from the agency in the Central Repository as soon as practicable; requires the Central Repository of Administrative Regulations to include a link to the state business portal; and requires the state business portal to include a link to the Central Repository.

·SB404 - Requires subcontractors who receive public money for subcontracts for public works or projects for the construction or maintenance of highways to hold a state business license; provides that certain advertising practices which misrepresent the geographic location of a provider or vendor of floral or ornamental products or services constitutes a deceptive trade practice; makes conforming changes relating to the new deceptive trade practice established in this bill.

·AB259 - Revises the qualifications of one of the five members appointed by the Governor to the P-16 Advisory Council to require that the member be a person who possesses knowledge of and experience in early childhood education programs and services for children in this State from birth through prekindergarten; increases the pool of qualified persons from which the Majority Leader of the Senate and the Speaker of the Assembly, respectively, may appoint a member to the Council to include a person who possesses knowledge of and experience in early childhood education programs and services for children from birth through prekindergarten; revises the duties of the Council by requiring the Council to address the extent to which recent graduates of institutions which are part of the Nevada System of Higher Education who are employed as teachers in public schools are able to understand and instruct pupils in the curriculum and instruction required for the common core state standards adopted by the State Board.

·AB272 - Creates and sets forth the membership and duties of the English Mastery Council; eliminates the requirement that the State Board of Education establish a program to teach English to pupils who are limited English proficient; requires instead that the board of trustees of each school district establish a program to teach English to pupils who are limited English proficient and sets forth certain requirements for the program; requires the board of trustees to submit an annual report to the Department of Education and to the English Mastery Council related to the program; provides that a teacher must hold an endorsement to teach English as a second language to be employed by a public school where more than 25 percent of the pupils are limited English proficient; provides that this requirement goes into effect on July 1, 2016; requires the Commission on Professional Standards in Education to prescribe by regulation the educational requirements for obtaining an endorsement to teach English as a second language; and requires the educational requirements to include, without limitation, the completion of 15 semester hours of credit in a course of study; requires the board of trustees of each school district to provide professional development to teachers and other educational personnel which is designed to improve the instruction of pupils who are limited English proficient; provides that if the Nevada System of Higher Education offers a course of study for obtaining an endorsement to teach English as a second language, the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada must consider the recommendations submitted by the English Mastery Council in establishing the curriculum and standards for the course of study.

·AB337 - Strongly encourages each school to establish and participate in programs to promote the consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables by children.

·AB353 - Requires the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to establish a program for the award of need-based scholarships to students enrolled at a university, state college or community college of the Nevada System of Higher Education; creates an account administered by the Board of Regents for the purpose of providing money for such scholarships; requires the State Treasurer annually to transfer certain money from the Abandoned Property Trust Account to the account; authorizes the Board of Regents to accept gifts, grants, bequests and donations for deposit in the account; provides that a student enrolled in a certain number of credit hours at a university, state college or community college of the Nevada System of Higher Education whose family lacks sufficient financial resources to pay for the costs of sending the student to a university, state college or community college of the System may apply for a scholarship under the program; sets forth limitations on the use of the scholarship money and the process for disbursement of the scholarship money to an eligible institution; and provides that an eligible institution is required to award to a student who receives a scholarship under the program a scholarship that is equal to 25 percent of the amount of the scholarship awarded by the Board of Regents pursuant to the program.

·SB195 - Authorizes the parents and legal guardians of certain pupils to submit to the board of trustees of the school district a petition requesting the board of trustees to take one of the following intervention actions concerning the school: (1) implementing a restart model; or (2) converting the school to an empowerment school; provides that for the purposes of collecting signatures on such a petition, each parent or legal guardian may sign the petition not more than one time for each child of the parent or legal guardian who is enrolled in the school, or who, under certain circumstances, is expected to be enrolled in the school, and each signature counts toward the number of required signatures; prescribes the duties of the board of trustees of a school district that receives such a petition; requires the board of trustees of the school district to implement an intervention action which is different from the intervention action set forth in the petition if the board of trustees determines that the implementation of the intervention action set forth in the petition is not possible; authorizes the petitioners to appeal the decision of the board of trustees to the Superintendent of Public Instruction and prescribes the Superintendent's duties relating to such an appeal; prescribes the requirements of the restart model and for converting to an empowerment school; authorizes the parent or legal guardian of a pupil who would otherwise be enrolled in a public school for which a restart model has been implemented to submit an application to the board of trustees for the pupil to attend a public school within the school district but outside the pupil's required zone of attendance; and requires the Advisory Council on Parental Involvement and Family Engagement to submit recommendations to the State Board of Education concerning the adoption of regulations for carrying out the provisions of this bill and requires the State Board to adopt such regulations, based on the recommendations of the Advisory Council.

·SB240 - Creates the Teachers' School Supplies Reimbursement Account in the State General Fund; requires the Department of Education to apportion the money deposited in the Account among the county school districts annually based on the number of teachers employed by each school district; requires the board of trustees of each school district to establish a special revenue fund and deposit the money it receives from the Account in that fund; provides that money in the special revenue fund must be used only to reimburse teachers for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with purchasing certain school supplies; requires each school district to transfer any balance remaining in the special revenue fund that has not been committed for expenditure to the Account at the end of each fiscal year; authorizes a teacher to submit a claim to the school district by which the teacher is employed for reimbursement from the special revenue fund for out-of-pocket expenses; requires the teacher to sign a form, under penalty of perjury, attesting that the claim for reimbursement is for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with purchasing necessary school supplies for the pupils whom he or she instructs; authorizes a school district to reimburse such a teacher up to $100 per year; requires the Department to adopt by regulation procedures for: (1) the submission of claims by teachers for reimbursement from a school district's special revenue fund; and (2) the review and approval of such claims; and appropriates $2,500,000 for Fiscal Year 2013-2014 and $2,500,000 for Fiscal Year 2014-2015 from the State General Fund to the Teachers' School Supplies Reimbursement Account.

·SB291 - Requires the board of trustees of a school district in a county whose population is 700,000 or more (currently Clark County) to establish a prekindergarten program to teach children who are limited English proficient; sets forth the requirements of the program and requires the board of trustees to evaluate the program annually using nationally recognized assessment methods; requires the board of trustees to prepare a report on the evaluation for submission to the Department of Education; makes an appropriation of $20,000,000 for the Fiscal Year 2013-2014 and $20,000,000 for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 to the Board of Trustees of the Clark County School District for the establishment and operation of the prekindergarten program.

·SB455 - Establishes a pilot program to provide grants to school districts to establish or expand programs for children who are English language learners in prekindergarten through grade 4; sets forth the requirements for the submission of an application for a grant to the Department of Education and the process for review of each application by the Department; prescribes the process by which grants of money must be disbursed; requires an independent outside evaluation of the success of programs that were established or expanded with the grant money; and requires the Department to submit a report to the Governor and the 78th Session of the Legislature which includes recommendations for continuing or expanding the pilot program.

·SB504 - Requires a teacher who is employed at a school where a certain percentage of the pupils are limited English proficient to hold an endorsement to teach English as a second language; requires the regional training programs for the professional development of teachers and administrators to provide training which is designed to improve instruction to pupils who are limited English proficient; requires the Board of Trustees of the Clark County School District and the Board of Trustees of the Washoe County School District to adopt pilot programs for the establishment of reading skills development centers; requires the Teachers and Leaders Council of Nevada to make recommendations for certain revisions to the statewide performance evaluation system; requiring the board of trustees of each school district to make adjustments to its professional development programs as necessary to place priority on professional development for teachers and administrators employed at public schools with a certain percentage of pupils who are limited English proficient; makes appropriations from the State Supplemental School Support Account to: (1) the Board of Trustees of the Clark County School District; (2) the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; (3) the Board of Trustees of the Washoe County School District; and (4) the University of Nevada, Reno; requires the Council to make recommendations to the State Board and the Legislature on methods to evaluate teachers and other licensed educational personnel who provide instruction to pupils who are limited English proficient on the effectiveness of the instruction to those pupils; requires the board of trustees of each school district, during the 2013-2105 biennium, to review the provision of professional development offered by or through the school district and make such adjustments as are necessary to place priority on professional development for teachers and administrators at public schools where more than 25 percent of the pupils enrolled in the school are limited English proficient.